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------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/bGIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> WIZARD WORLD TEXAS 2004 DAY 2 REPORT ComiX-Fan was on the floor to cover the second day's breaking news and antics. DC Panel In Attendance: Mark Waid, Ethan Van Sciver, Jim Lee, Barry Kittson, Bob Wayne, Dan Dido Identity Crisis: Issue #1 3rd printing will be out by next week. Firestorm #9: Artist Jamal Ingel. Ties in to Identity Crisis. Flash #217: Epilogue to Identity Crisis. Manhunter #5: Someone from is Prosecuted due to Identity Crisis. JLA surprise witnesses. Adventures of Superman: Another Epilogue to Identity Crisis ties into Identity Crisis #6. Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman offer their views on Identity Crisis. JSA: Shows the autopsies done during Identity Crisis. JSA meets old JSA in issue #98. Outsiders: Feb issue Identity Crisis follow up. Batman & Nightwing determine future of team. Dan Dido claims that all the Identity Crisis tie-in weren't planned or editorial order. Writers just tied into Identity Crisis because they were inspired by Identity Crisis. There are no official crossovers just a theme running through the year. Teen Titans #20: Identity Crisis tie in. Legion: New start, all brand new stories. No retelling of old stories. Bob Wayne said it's the best Legion his seen since he was 8 years old. Batman: Europa: Mystery Big name French Artist lined up. Green Lantern: Rebirth: Sold out of 2nd printing at DC. Batman: New Red Hood has ties to Joker. Big impact to Batman. Hard Time is going hiatus in Jan. Season 2 will launch in the Spring. Title not selling well. Re-launching with DC bullet on it. Space Ghost - Year 1 origin. Blood of the Demon: Will Pfeiffer Writer. John Bryne co- plotter/artist. Breach: Written by Bob Harras. Superman/Batman: New artist Carlos Pacheco. JLA has tie in to JLA/Avengers Justice: Alex Ross paints over Dougie Bradwaith pencils. Jim Kruger writer. Seven Soldiers of Victory: 30 issues. 7, 4 issue miniseries with 2 issue bookends. Some characters in it will be Zantana, Mr. Miracle, and Frankenstein. I can't believe it's no the Justice League is set pre Identity Crisis Who's Who may come out after all planned Secret Files. There will be a Memorial page for Christopher Reeves in all upcoming Superman titles. Identity Crisis: Hardcover will be in Sept-Oct 2005. Softcover in Summer 2006. Identity Crisis #2 is sold out at DC. Dan Dido doesn't like company crossovers. No plans for any company crossovers. Deathstroke will be making a comeback in the DC universe. Dan Dido has a plan to make strong minority secondary roles and then spin them out into their own books. Jim Lee said there will be a Hush follow-up eventually. Neil Gaiman's only DC work is Co-Plotter on Books of Magic. Jim Lee said their will be a Wildcats relaunch in 2006. Joe Casey: The Secret to Writing Superheroes Joe summed up the secret in two words: Originality and Unoriginality. Stating he had been both. Originality would make you a cult writer and being unoriginal would make you a hack writer. A combo of the too would be the secret to being a great writer. Know what's works on a given character, know the source material and then make it original again. He came to this conclusion while working on Uncanny X-Men while Grant Morrison was doing New X-Men. Joe stated that the trend in the comic's field now is to do independent work to get noticed and picked up by the big three. Joe in referring to his new comic The Intimates mentioned that he had 6 issues in the can already. Blade Trinity Panel In attendance: Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, David Goyer Ryan Reynolds gained 20lbs for the role. Both trained 6 days a week doing 2hrs workouts, and 1hrs fight training each day. Biel then had an additional 1hr of archery training. Scene of Biel destroying the camera with an arrow will be on the DVD. Ryan Reynolds said his favorite scene of the movie was his fight scene with the wrestler Triple H Jessica Biel's favorite scene was here fight scene with 13 guys (which was one master take). David Goyer said that Chris Nolan is almost done with the first cut of Batman Begins. Goyer and Reynolds state there are still talks about a Nightstalkers spin off but nothing firm. Goyer says that Morbieus was going to be the character Nomad in Blade 2, but Marvel wanted to use Morbieus in a movie of his own. Goyer says that the character of Abigail replaced the character of Frank Drake. The change was did because of the writing need for a contrasting strong female character in the movie. Ryan Reynolds' future works will be an Amityville Horror remake and then a romantic comedy. Jessica Biel has no plans to do any comic book related movies. She hasn't even been in talks about such movies outside of Nightstalkers. David Goyer and Ryan Reynolds have talked about a Deadpool movie. Depends on if there is a Nightstalkers spin off because the characters of Hannibal King and Deadpool are too similar. There are no plans for Blade: Trinity figures. Blade 2 figures didn't sell too well. David Goyer says that there are no current plans for a Batman sequel. Chris Nolan won't even talk about it until the cuts are done on the movie. There is a rough plan for 3 movies. Blade: Trinity will have 2 versions for DVD. Single Disc regular version. Two disc version with 12 min extra footage and a 90min making of documentary. Plans for a 3 movie DVD set of all 3 Blade. Norrington plans to shoot more scenes for Blade 1. All directors will do a combined commentary on all 3 movies together. David Goyer said the inspiration for him and Chris Nolan for Batman Begins is Batman: Year One, Batman: The Long Halloween, and Danny O'Neil's run. Marvel Universe: 2005 Panel In attendance: Joe Casey, Dan Buckley, Andy Schmidt New Avengers: Brian Bendis already has 18 issues planned out. During the Q&A Dan Buckely was asked when Hawkeye would be coming back. To answer the query Dan called Brian at home but got his answering machine and left him a message asking what the deal was. Dan did note that it had been mentioned that no body was found. Earth's Mightiest Heroes: Is the classic coke Avengers and has never before seen defining secrets about the Avengers first line up change. It is complete and in the can. Iron Man: Adi Granov is doing beautiful work and it will be coming out every 6 weeks though Dan Buckley stated he had to fight with licensing over him since they wanted him for the movie. Warren Ellis is doing at least 6 issues but is talking about 12. Fantastic Four: The current story arc will be the last for Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo with a new team being announced in 4 weeks. It was also stated Mark was not fired this time. Fantastic Four First Family: Joe Casey will be writing the early days before the costumes and after the rocket crash. His work on Earth's Mightiest Heroes gained him this mini series. The art will be done by an artist who has never worked with Marvel before and will be announced soon. Books of Doom: Will be an Ed Brubaker written story out in June and the art will be done by an artist who has never worked with Marvel before and will be announced soon. Hulk: Will last 6 issues and be up to the readers depending on sales if Peter David will continue on the book. Amazing Fantasy: Marvel will also look to introduce new characters in this vein in 2005 with this being the first attempt at this and it will be up to the readers and buyers if they carry on. Young Avengers: Andy Schmidt stated this is the best thing he has worked on in all his time with Marvel. And no it is not Teen Hulk. This will tie into the upcoming House of M in 2005. Live Wires: Will be a techno punk written by Adam Warren and are by Rick Mays. Adam has been writing full scripts that involve up to 450 pages. Runaways: Will come back as same team and will pick up where last series left off. 3red volume of the digest will be out in February. Salem Seven: Was described by Dan Buckley as the Craft meets the Breakfast Club. X-23: Dan Buckley stated this was the most disturbing pitch he had ever read but instantly said Wow lets get this going. January 2005 with art by Billy Tan. Dan described her as not a nice little girl. Daredevil: This will be the last year for Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev. What If: Has gotten positive response on and may turn into a yearly event the last week of the year. Shana She Devil: Frank Cho has 6 issues in the can with 6-7 slated and will start to ship in February. Marvel Knights line will have a new title involving a Core Character that will break in the NY Times very soon. Wolverine: Will have Mark Millar on it for at 13 issues. Astonishing X-Men: Dan Buckley stated the 2nd arc is much better than the first one even with Colossus coming back in the 1st arc. Also will feature something never told before in the X-Men and a take a villain as never before. Spider-Man: Expect to see Salvador Larocca drawing Spider- Man in 2005. X-Men: Expect a 30th Anniversary stories in 2005 and a Giant Size at the end of the year. Moonknight: Nothing slated as of yet but looking for the right pitch. Black Panther: Perhaps something in 2005. Thor: Expect Thor to be back around the summer with the team being announced in 4 weeks. Sentry: Might receive his own series with him being in New Avengers. Thunderbolts: Is slated for at least 12 issues. Captain America & the Falcon: Is on the endangered list with the new direction on Captain America. Dr. Strange: More in the works after JMS's mini ends. She Hulk: Will end after 12 issues like Runaways and relaunch with a bigger marketing push by Marvel. It has gotten solid sales and reviews but was somewhat last and overshadowed when it first came out. Spider-Girl: In no danger of canceling. Nick Fury: Look or a series coming out in September or October 2005 with high-end creators to be announced. Weapon X: Frank Teri will have a limited series to pick up where the first series ended. Also he will be writing a Hercules book. Ultimate Marvel Ultimate Fantastic Four: Adam Kubert will be back for 2-3 issue arc. After Warren Ellis, Marvel is taking auditions for a writer. Ultimates 2: Working the 5th issue now with 4 in the can and 2 colored. Dan and Joe pointed out that Mark Millar has some shark theme in all his comics of late. Ultimate Nightmare: Is part one of a trilogy with the last page of part one leading right into part three. Ultimate Secret was pushed to not over lap and does introduce Ultimate Captain Marvel. Ultimate Nightmare also introduces a new Ultimate Character in issue #5. August 2005 will see the release of the last part of the trilogy. Ultimate Iron Man: Was the big announcement when Dan Buckely was asked when Andy Kubert would work next. He said he would be on Ultimate Iron Man in 2005 and it would be written by an unnamed artist but hinted you might want to read a real good book called Ender's Game. Ender's is written by Orson Scott Card leading to speculation that he will be the writer. Ultimate X-Men: Bryan Singer will be late next year in collaboration with Brian Vaughn who will be the writer for the foreseeable future. Learning from the Kevin Smith escapade Dan Buckley wants to get it all wrapped up before releasing it. COMIX-FAN NEWS BRIEFS - NOVEMBER 9, 2004 NEWSFLASH! In the latest "Ask the Editors" posting at DC Comics' website, a fan asked why DC didn't print early issues of some of DC's early comics, saying he didn't care if they were in paperback and black and white, he just wanted a chance to read them. Dale Crane, Senior Editor of Collected Editions responded with the following: "You want it? You've got it! Look for a brand new series of inexpensive trade paperbacks starting this February. Batman Chronicles Volume 1 will present the Golden Age Batman stories in chronological order, culled from Detective Comics, Batman, World's Fair Comics 1940, and World's Finest Comics." NEWSFLASH! IGN FilmForce has posted a lengthy interview from the set of Fantastic Four with Visual Effects Supervisor Kurt Williams. Williams discussed how he plans to do the comic series justice through its special effects. NEWSFLASH! Lions Gate Films Intl. has inked to sell foreign distribution rights to the Marvel/Lions Gate slate of animated made-for-DVD features, Variety reports. The first film under the deal is an Avengers DVD, which is already in production and will be released in early 2006. NEWSFLASH! Promoter Steven Gerard from SG Celebrity Productions says he is in conversations with comic convention show producers to arrange appearances with all of the film and TV Lois Lane's, A recent press release announced. He would like to bring Noelle Neil from the original series, Margot Kidder from the movies, Teri Hatcher from Lois and Clark, and Durance together, though with the success of ABC's Desperate Housewives, it may be difficult for Hatcher to make time. The press release promoted Erica Durance's appearance at last weekend's Wizard World Texas. Gerard handles appearances for Sean Astin and Michael Chiklis among others. NEWSFLASH! Diamond Comic Distributors report that the covers for the Ultimate Fantastic Four Volume 2 TP has been changed, and that Image Comics' Gray Area #3 will ship with a previously unannounced variant cover in a 1:4 ratio. Both covers can be seen on the Website. NEWSFLASH! A new picture of Edward Furlong as Jimmy Cuervo in The Crow: Wicked Prayer has appeared online on photographer Fred Hayes' website. NEWSFLASH! Paramount Home Entertainment has officially announced that Charmed -The Complete 1st Season DVD is on their February release schedule, TVShowsOnDVD reports. An exact date was not given, nor were any further details on the set. NEWSFLASH! About.com recently caught up with two of the stars of Elektra, Will Yun Lee and Natassia Malthe, at the LA Premiere of The Polar Express. In the interviews, Natassia Malthe, who plays Typhoid Mary, said that she has signed on for a sequel to the film, and said, "There's been some talk about it but we'll see what happens." She said her return would depend on what the writer chooses to write about. NEWSFLASH! Peter David recently discussed The Incredibles on his official Website, PeterDavid.net, and compared it to the upcoming Fantastic Four film. David wrote, "As for the FF film, I can tell you with authority (but without going into detail) that it is not at all the goofball comedy as first reported, but instead faithful in tone and style to the Lee/Kirby comics. There's some major changes in terms of origin, but less that what they did in Ultimate FF, and besides, c'mon-- four people trying to get to the moon before the Russians? Just a TAD dated. How do I know this? Because I've been hired by Pocket Books to do the novelization of the film. So this'll be my fourth novelization of a Marvel comics movie." COMIX-FAN NEWS BRIEFS - NOVEMBER 11, 2004 NEWSFLASH! Sci Fi Wire has a number of new interviews with Blade: Trinity writer/director David Goyer. First, Goyer talked about the possibilities of a Blade: Trinity Nightstalker spin-off, saying, "I loved working with Ryan and Jessica, would work with them again in a heartbeat. And so if the will of the people dictates it- if [Blade: Trinity]'s successful, and people really respond to the characters- then we'll try a movie with them. It wouldn't be vampires, though. It would be something else." Goyer didn't completely rule out a Blade 4, though. In the Second interview, Goyer gave updates on various projects he has in the works as a producer, writer and director. One is Murder Mysteries, an adaptation of a Neil Gaiman short story. "It was in Smoke and Mirrors," Goyer said. "I think it's the best script I've ever written. And it's currently without a studio home, and it's hopefully something I'm going to direct one day." Goyer added, "as a director, [I need] a blockbuster before I'll have the clout to be able to pull it off, and I'm hoping Blade Trinity will be the one." Goyer called the film "a story within a story within a story. ... It really plays with the audience's expectations," and he compared it to Usual Suspects. Goyer is also one of the producers of a film version of Y: The Last Man. Jeff Vintar is writing the script. "We just got our first draft in. It's very good, and he's embarking on a rewrite." Goyer would likely not direct. Goyer will be directing Unique, set up at Disney and loosely based on a graphic novel. Michael Cooney just started writing the script, so the project is a long way off. Goyer said it is about parallel worlds. Goyer also gave updates on three other non comic book films he is working on in the interview. He also discussed an upcoming drama pilot for CBS in a Third article, and a proposed remake and update of the classic 1973 SF movie Soylent Green in a Fourth interview. Goyer will act as producer on the film, and said it would pick up where the original film left off. NEWSFLASH! Ryan Reynolds recently gave fans an update on the Blade: Trinity Message Boards. One poster asked if there are any other comic book films Ryan was interested in, to which Ryan replied "At the moment, I have interest in seeing 2 comic book characters come to life on the big screen." Reynolds also said he had no interest in taking over Daredevil, and replied to another question that he didn't see himself in the role of Iron Man. In another response, Reynolds gave yet another update on Deadpool, writing "Deadpool? It's been talked about in previous posts. It's now being talked about in the press. I have absolutely NO PLANS TO PLAY DEADPOOL. I had a couple meetings with Avi Arad from Marvel about it. But inevitably nobody seems to have any idea how to bring Wade Wilson to the big screen." NEWSFLASH! Superhero Hype! has the first look at Dracula in Blade: Trinity. The picture appears on the cover of the new issue of Fangoria magazine. NEWSFLASH! Access Hollywood ran a "Behind the Scenes" clip on Elektra on Tuesday, and has now brought it online on their Website. The trailer for the film will air on the program on Thursday, and will then come online at Yahoo! Movies shortly after. NEWSFLASH! District X writer David Hine started a New Thread in his ComiX-Fan Forum Dave's Raves, where he mentioned a new 6- issue mini-series, Daredevil: Redemption, that he is writing with artist Michael Gaydos, with covers by Bill Sienkiewicz. Hine also provided a Link where the cover can be seen. NEWSFLASH! Tony Lee also created a New Thread in his ComiX-Fan Forum Tony's Tales, where he gave fans an update on his future work. Lee mentioned next month's launch of the first in the Starship Troopers - Blaze of Glory trilogy, Alamo Bay, at 88 pages with greyscale art by Sam Hart and Rod Reis. Book 2, Dead Man's Hand will arrive in early 2005 with art by Nat 'devilchild' Sandells and Jim Brady, while book 3, Damaged Justice, will be out around April 2005 with art by Paul Ridgon. After that, Lee mentioned two projects with AP Comics. First is Mythlands, a 6 part series that starts in May 2005 with art by B1N4Ry artist Jim Sutherns. Lee said to "Look for us at Wizardworld and Bristol in May launching that." Second from AP is The Gloom, "a 40's pulp noir comedy thriller with Comicana's Dan Boultwood - a 6 part mini starting in Summer 2005. For a picture of the Gloom, check out THIS." NEWSFLASH! Latino Review has a report from a press conference for National Treasure, where Nicolas Cage discussed Ghost Rider. Cage said he was very curious about the film, but said, "However, I'm still in talks about that particular movie. It's not a definite at this point." He said the hold up right now is "just a matter of the vision of the movie and how it will be portrayed. It's talks about script and things like that. ... These things are very sensitive. ... So it's best for everyone to be cautious and make sure it's got the right auspices." Cage said that if Ghost Rider falls through, he'll pretty much give up on playing a superhero on film. Cage also said he was offered the role of Green Goblin in Spider-Man, but it was offered at the same time as Adaptation, which he eventually chose. Cage also said that he won't be playing Skeletor in John Woo's He-Man, though he left the door open for another project with Woo. NEWSFLASH! Rumors of a Witchblade TV series DVD hit the web recently. TVShowsOnDVD checked the rumors with Warner Bros., who said that the rumors were false and that they didn't have the show scheduled for release. Warner Bros. did, however, say that they have it under consideration. NEWSFLASH! Tim Allen told Sci Fi Wire that he'll begin working on the Sci-Fi comedy Zoom's Academy after he completes work on a remake of The Shaggy Dog. He expects to start shooting Zoom in March, the week after he wraps up Shaggy. Zoom's Academy is based on Jason Lethcoe's comic book. In the interview, Allen talks about the character he is playing, what attracted him to the roll, and the tone of the film, which he says will blend elements of X-Men, The Incredibles, and the Spy Kids adventures. "I told them when I signed on, ... 'I don't want it as dark as the X-Men or as fanciful as Spy Kids. It's in between there." NEWSFLASH! In the latest Ask the Editors section at DC Comics, a fan asked about future Gotham Central trade paperbacks. Matt Idelson, Senior Editor of Gotham Central, responded, "We're glad you asked, because we have both the second and third trade paperbacks coming to you in 2005! Book Two collects the Eisner Award-winning "Half A Life" story (issues #6-10), and will be out in the spring, while the third volume will contain the terrifying Joker storyline (issues #12-15), and you can find that later in the year! And thanks for supporting Central!" COMIX-FAN NEWS BRIEFS - NOVEMBER 12, 2004 NEWSFLASH! The first trailer for Elektra is now viewable at Yahoo! Movies. The trailer is available in Windows Media and QuickTime formats in all sizes. NEWSFLASH! Blade: Trinity writer/director and Batman Begins writer David Goyer will have a writing stint on Superman/Batman, CBR News reports. In a recent interview Goyer told CBR News, "I'm talking about doing 3 or 4 issues of Superman/Batman. I was just talking to Dan Didio and I said, 'What artists can you get me?' and he said, 'I've got a couple of ideas.'" DC Comics had previously announced that Jeph Loeb would be ending his run on the title with issue #25. NEWSFLASH! Neil Gaiman and Dave Sim have teamed up to help the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund in a unique way. 50 copies of a piece of artwork titled "Lithograph No. 1: Neil Gaiman" have been produced, only 50, and Gaiman and Sim have signed and numbered 2 copies and written the year adjacent to their signatures. "#1/50" is currently being auctioned on eBay, ending today, with "#2/50" being raffled at the Fiddler's Green Sandman Convention the next day, with all proceeds going to the CBLDF. For the remaining 48 pieces, Sim and Gaiman will both sign, and Gaiman will compete, one copy in November of each year (i.e. #3/50 in 2005, etc.), which will then be auctioned on eBay to benefit the CBLDF. The item description states that the collaboration illustrates "in as pointed a fashion as possible that even though Dave Sim and Neil Gaiman are at diametric opposite poles on the political spectrum, they will always be on good enough terms personally, to cooperate in jointly supporting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America." If either Gaiman or Sim dies before the last piece is signed, in the year 2053, the survivor agrees to sign the remaining pieces at the agreed rate. After both have died the remaining pieces will be auctioned at the same rate, in each case to benefit the CBLDF. NEWSFLASH! TheMovieBox.Net has uploaded a new interview with Superman director Bryan Singer. Singer called in to L.A. based radio station KROQ's Kevin and Bean show to promote his latest FOX T.V. series, briefly mentioned X3, and discussed Superman and its casting. Visit the site to hear the clip. NEWSFLASH! Computer And Video Games has four new screen shots from the upcoming Constantine video game, due early next year on PS2 and Xbox. According to the site, in terms of plot, the game more or less follows the storyline of the upcoming film. NEWSFLASH! Jeffrey Tambor, who played BPRD agent Dr. Tom Manning in Hellboy, told Sci Fi Wire that he is signed for a sequel and is eager to return. He doesn't know whether his character will be picked up for the sequel. Tambor said he hopes it all works out in terms of scheduling; he is currently a regular on the Fox TV series Arrested Development. "I don't know where they are, but it was so much fun." NEWSFLASH! TheWB.com has launched a new Smallville game, "Kryptonite Sweeper." The game is designed like Minesweeper, and when you clear a level you will be treated to a preview clip of the new Smallville episode. Devoted to Smallville reports that The WB will update that clip for each new episode. +++++ From the DC Comics Online Newsletter at http://www.dccomics.com DC DIRECT SIGNS SCULPTOR JAMES SHOOP TO 2-YEAR EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT November 9th, 2004 - DC Direct's popular action figure line is sure to keep up its good looks as James Shoop, sculptor of the fantastic JLA ACTION FIGURES and the upcoming GREEN LANTERN ACTION FIGURES, has signed a 2-year exclusive contract! "I've been working for DC on and off for about 11 years, and it's always been a fantastic relationship," says Shoop. "They've been keeping me consistently busy, which is the goal. It's a dream job!" "DC Direct is very fortunate to have James join our pool of exclusive sculptors," says Georg Brewer, DC's VP - Design & Retail Product Development. "His long history of exemplary work with DC Direct and the Warner Bros. Studio Stores shows his diversity as an artistic talent. I look forward to seeing what else he can accomplish with Senior Art Director Jim Fletcher, who I am sure will keep his sculpting tools busy." +++++ From ICV2.com Chuck Dixon to Write for European Publisher English Versions to Debut in the U.S. in October November 08, 2004 American comic book writer Chuck Dixon (Airboy, El Cazador) will create and write three adventure-themed comics for Dreamcolors, an Italian publisher. The English artist John Bolton is providing covers for the first issues, which will be published first in Europe with the first title appearing in April, the second in May, and the third series debuting in June. The European versions will be 72 pages in length and will provide the basis for three issues of the English language version, which will be published in the American format on a monthly basis with the first title debuting in October. The London-based publisher Fanfare is preparing the English language editions in cooperation with Dreamcolors and should release exact details on subject matter, format and pricing in the next few weeks. Dreamcolors published CrossGen's comic books in Italy and therefore is well acquainted with Chuck Dixon's work. At least two of the titles are historical adventure series, a popular genre in Europe where creators such as Hugo Pratt (Corto Maltese) have enjoyed tremendous success with graphic novels awash in exotic adventures set in some colorful period of the past. Tokyopop Schedules Six Launches For March and April November 10, 2004 Tokyopop has announced street dates for six manga launches in March and April, 2005. Heaven Above Heaven is a martial arts manhwa by Hyun Kang-Suk and Jeon Joong-Won, launching March 8, 2005. Two other new manga titles will also launch March 8th. Shaolin Sisters: Reborn is a sequel to the Shaolin Sisters manga by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano. iDX, by Son Hee-Joon (PhD: Phantasy Degree) and Kim Yoon-Kyung is another manhwa, an adventure title in which an online games plays a major role. We've previously reported on three of the properties. The first volume of RG Veda, by Clamp (see "Tokyopop Nabs Five Clamp Titles for 05"), will street April 12th, along with In Dream World and Visitor (see "Three New Manga for Tokyopop"). Adam Fortier Announces Speakeasy Comics To Launch in March November 10, 2004 Adam Fortier has announced the formation of Speakeasy Comics, which will release its first (unnamed) title(s) in March, 2005. Fortier worked for Dreamwave during its Transformers launch, and has since worked with Udon, Devil's Due, and IDW. The company also released a "call for submissions," looking for material to publish. +++++ From The SCOOP! at http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/ Whitman Superman Uncovered Industry News, Scoop, Friday, November 12, 2004 Many serious Superman collectors and comic fans in general know that there were a number of issues of Superman and other DC titles published without numbers but with the Whitman logo inset in the DC logo in the late 1970s and early '80s. Well, add another one to the list. The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has added Superman #339 to the Whitman reprint list. Will there be others? Check out the next edition of the Guide in the December 2004 Previews from Diamond Comic Distributors. The 35th edition of the Guide itself will be on sale in April 2005. As for the Whitman no number editions, they are widely considered to have very low print runs. 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